EASE: Easy **
COST: About $2.42 per plate (family of 6)
TIME: Prep and Cooking Approximately 1 Hour
I love making a dinner that looks, smells, and tastes like it took HOOOUUUUURRSSS to make, when really... it only took 1! This recipe can be doubled, even tripled, to feed more than a family of 6! From my kitchen to yours, enjoy!
- Kierra
Baked Angel Hair Pasta
1lb. angel hair pasta (Great Value: $1.28)
1 -42oz jar traditional flavor spaghetti sauce (Great Value: $2.68)
2lbs. ground beef (WalMart: $5.72 @2.86/lb)
1 1/4lbs mozzarella cheese, finely shredded (Great Value: $4.83)
1/2 tbsp. onion powder
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1 tbsp. dried parsley flakes
1/4 tsp. fennel seeds, finely crushed
Salt & Pepper (to taste)
Preheat oven to 375*
Brown ground beef and strain grease. Pour in spaghetti sauce, and add onion powder, garlic powder, parsley, fennel seeds, and salt & pepper. Simmer over low-medium heat for 30 minutes.
Boil water and begin cooking pasta to package directions (about 4 minutes). Strain and set aside.
If your cheese isn't already shredded, this is a good time to do it. Buying pre-shredded cheese will add to the cost slightly, but will reduce prep time! Reserve 1/4lb of mozzarella.
In a 9x13 glass baking dish, spread just a little sauce over the bottom. This helps prevent sticking. Layer in this order:
1/2 of pasta
1/3 of mozzarella
1/2 of sauce
1/2 of pasta
1/3 of mozzarella
1/2 of sauce
1/3 of mozzarella
Bake at 375* for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes before cutting into it!
(This "slice" is the serving size for my 20 month old daughter, KJ!)
Sprinkle remaining shredded mozzarella on each plate.
(Apologies for my poor food photography skills... was too hungry to make it pretty!)
Serves 6 hungry people :)
Jazz it up with other options!:
- Instead of just ground beef, go 1lb ground beef, 1lb. ground sausage
- Not a fan of ground beef? Try it with ground turkey or chicken instead. Just as tasty, less fat! This may increase the cost.
- Make your own spaghetti sauce for that real, homemade taste and feel. If it isn't premade it may add to cooking time and cost. But when you're in the mood, it's worth it :)
- Don't do pasta? Replace angel hair pasta with "zucchini noodles"! Simply julienne a couple large zucchini squash into the thickness and size of actual noodles. This is great for people who want to sneak some extra veggies in on the kids (or stubborn spouse!)
- Jazz up your cheese selection with some Parmesan and Romano cheeses along with your mozzarella! This will add cost, and flavor as well!
COST: About $2.42 per plate (family of 6)
TIME: Prep and Cooking Approximately 1 Hour
I love making a dinner that looks, smells, and tastes like it took HOOOUUUUURRSSS to make, when really... it only took 1! This recipe can be doubled, even tripled, to feed more than a family of 6! From my kitchen to yours, enjoy!
- Kierra
Baked Angel Hair Pasta
1lb. angel hair pasta (Great Value: $1.28)
1 -42oz jar traditional flavor spaghetti sauce (Great Value: $2.68)
2lbs. ground beef (WalMart: $5.72 @2.86/lb)
1 1/4lbs mozzarella cheese, finely shredded (Great Value: $4.83)
1/2 tbsp. onion powder
1 tbsp. garlic powder
1 tbsp. dried parsley flakes
1/4 tsp. fennel seeds, finely crushed
Salt & Pepper (to taste)
Preheat oven to 375*
Brown ground beef and strain grease. Pour in spaghetti sauce, and add onion powder, garlic powder, parsley, fennel seeds, and salt & pepper. Simmer over low-medium heat for 30 minutes.
Boil water and begin cooking pasta to package directions (about 4 minutes). Strain and set aside.
If your cheese isn't already shredded, this is a good time to do it. Buying pre-shredded cheese will add to the cost slightly, but will reduce prep time! Reserve 1/4lb of mozzarella.
In a 9x13 glass baking dish, spread just a little sauce over the bottom. This helps prevent sticking. Layer in this order:
1/2 of pasta
1/3 of mozzarella
1/2 of sauce
1/2 of pasta
1/3 of mozzarella
1/2 of sauce
1/3 of mozzarella
Bake at 375* for 15 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes before cutting into it!
Sprinkle remaining shredded mozzarella on each plate.
Serves 6 hungry people :)
Jazz it up with other options!:
- Instead of just ground beef, go 1lb ground beef, 1lb. ground sausage
- Not a fan of ground beef? Try it with ground turkey or chicken instead. Just as tasty, less fat! This may increase the cost.
- Make your own spaghetti sauce for that real, homemade taste and feel. If it isn't premade it may add to cooking time and cost. But when you're in the mood, it's worth it :)
- Don't do pasta? Replace angel hair pasta with "zucchini noodles"! Simply julienne a couple large zucchini squash into the thickness and size of actual noodles. This is great for people who want to sneak some extra veggies in on the kids (or stubborn spouse!)
- Jazz up your cheese selection with some Parmesan and Romano cheeses along with your mozzarella! This will add cost, and flavor as well!
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